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Five local surfers compete in finals at NSSA West Coast Championships | Local Roundup May 23, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Santa Cruz’s Maddie Storrer took second in the Explorer Women’s final to lead Santa Cruz County surfers who qualified for finals at the NSSA West Coast Championships at Huntington Beach Pier on Sunday.

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Scotts Valley’s Kain wins two of county’s five titles | CCS Track and Field Championships May 22, 2022 | By Gordon Kass

The first part of the Central Coast Section Track and Field Championships looked like a Santa Cruz County showcase. Winner from Soquel. Winner from Aptos. Winner from Scotts Valley. Another winner from Scotts Valley.

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UCSC track and field standouts Abby McPhillips, Shea Wissler earn All-West Region honors | Local Roundup May 20, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Three UC Santa Cruz track and field athletes competed in the Redlands Last Chance meet at Ted Runner Stadium on Thursday to close out the 2022 season.

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14 county athletes advance from CCS track and field semifinals May 15, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Aptos High senior Elizabeth Churchill qualified for the CCS Championships in three events Saturday at Gilroy High.

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Aptos’ Trent Nosky gets surprise win in 1,600 after SV’s Jeremy Kain collides with lapped runner | SCCAL boys track and field May 08, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Down goes Frazier. Athletes and fans alike watched in both shock and amazement as shockwaves tore through the towering redwoods surrounding San Lorenzo Valley High’s track at the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Track and Field Championships on Saturday.

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Aptos’ Elizabeth Churchill breezes to Bob Enzweiler Award at SCCAL Girls Track and Field Championships May 08, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Aptos High senior Elizabeth Churchill was dominant in her final Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Championships showing on a windy Saturday at San Lorenzo Valley High.

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Harbor’s Gwen Grigsby, Isla Johnson win inaugural SCCAL beach volleyball title | Local Roundup May 07, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Harbor High sophomore Gwen Grigsby and freshman Isla Johnson defeated Scotts Valley’s Hannah Fleming and Morgan Lipman 21-11, 21-14 to win the inaugural Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Beach Volleyball Championships on Saturday at Harbor High.

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PCS’s Katharina Guth qualifies for CCS track and field semifinals in four events | Local Roundup May 07, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Pacific Collegiate School junior Katharina Guth placed in the top seven in four events at the Pacific Coast Athletic League Masters Meet on Friday at Gilroy High, meeting the criteria to advance to the Central Coast Section semifinals in all four events.

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Santa Cruz’s Autumn Hays, John Mel take fifth at Jack’s Surfboards Pro | Local Roundup Apr 30, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Santa Cruz’s Autumn Hays tied for fifth place Sunday at the World Surf League’s Jack’s Surfboards Pro, a Women’s Qualifying Series 1,000-point event in Huntington Beach.

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Soquel’s Cloe Hubbard back in the 100, and faster than ever | High school track and field Apr 29, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Santa Cruz county has a new speed demon in girls track.

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Scotts Valley’s Jeremy Kain, MVC’s Clayton King produce big outings at CCS Top 8 meet | Boys track and field Apr 23, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Scotts Valley High senior Jeremy Kain and Monte Vista Christian senior Clayton King had huge showings at the prestigious CCS Top 8 track and field meet in Los Gatos on Friday.

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Aptos’ boys golf team slips past SC, wins SCCAL title | Local Roundup Apr 21, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Aptos High’s golf team pulled out a 209-214 win over Santa Cruz to remain unbeaten and claim the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League title Thursday at DeLaveaga Golf Course.

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Santa Cruz’s beach volleyball win over Harbor creates logjam atop standings | Local Roundup Apr 20, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Santa Cruz High’s girls beach volleyball team knocked off host Harbor 4-1 on Wednesday and create a three-team tie atop the SCCAL standings.

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Aptos talent Elizabeth Churchill wins four events at Soquel Invitational | High school track and field roundup Apr 17, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Elizabeth Churchill posted four of her team’s five wins to lead the Aptos High track and field team to the girls’ title at the 17-team Soquel Invitational on Saturday.

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Harbor boys swimming slips past Santa Cruz | Local Roundup Apr 15, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Gabe Porter and Conall Barber each won two individual events to lead Harbor High’s boys swim team slip past Santa Cruz 81-80 in their Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League meet Friday.

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Scotts Valley High to host memorial service for late football star Carlton Keegan on Saturday | Local Roundup Apr 15, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

A memorial service for Scotts Valley High senior Carlton Keegan, 18, will be held on the school’s football field on Saturday at 11 a.m.

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Scotts Valley’s Jeremy Kain runs to another school record in Arcadia | Local Roundup Apr 10, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Scotts Valley High senior Jeremy Kain set the school record in the men’s 1-mile run at the prestigious Arcadia Invitational at Arcadia High School on Saturday.

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Santa Cruz surfer Nat Young will open against Kelly Slater in Australia | Local Roundup Apr 08, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Santa Cruz’s Nat Young will face 11-time world champion Kelly Slater of Cocoa Beach, Florida, and Owen Wright of Australia in the Opening Round of the World Surf League’s Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach.

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Soquel sophomore pole vaulter Jonelle Scott posts top height in CCS this season | High school track and field roundup Apr 04, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Soquel High’s Jonelle Scott posted the top mark in the Central Coast Section this season in the pole vault at the Leland Quicksilver Invitational on Saturday, while Santa Cruz’s Troy Capela and PCS’s Katharina Guth shined at the Pacific Grove Rotary Invitational.

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Santa Cruz freshman Eli Fitchen-Young wins 1,600 race in Sunnyvale | Local Roundup Mar 28, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Santa Cruz High freshman Eli Fitchen-Young won the 1,600-meter run at the Firebird Relays at Fremont High in Sunnyvale on Saturday.

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Falcons’ girls lacrosse team blasts MVC | Local Roundup Mar 24, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Taylor Santos, Siena Wong and Ellie Raffo each scored four goals as Scotts Valley High’s girls lacrosse team defeated Monte Vista Christian 16-2 on Thursday.

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Scotts Valley sophomore Ashlyn Boothby gets PR in 1,600 at Dublin Distance Fiesta | Local Roundup Mar 19, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Scotts Valley High sophomore Ashlyn Boothby took sixth out of 516 runners in the 1,600-meter race at the Dublin Distance Fiesta at Dublin High on Saturday.

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Aptos boys tennis tops Soquel, stays unbeaten in SCCAL | Local Roundup Mar 17, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Sean Spencer and Nick Hambright won 6-4, 6-7, 7-6 at No. 2 doubles to help Aptos High’s tennis team beat host Soquel to stay unbeaten in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League on Thursday.

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Kai Price throws no-hitter in St. Francis’ baseball win over North Salinas | Local Roundup Mar 16, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Kai Price threw a five-inning no-hitter as the St. Francis High baseball team beat host North Salinas 12-1 in a game shortened by the mercy rule Wednesday.

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Adan Rivas hoping to be X factor for Wildcatz | Boys track and field preview Mar 16, 2022 | By Ray Hacke

Before misfortune cruelly intervened and deprived him of one full track and field season and part of another, Adan Rivas appeared headed to become an elite sprinter for Watsonville High. Judging by the junior’s performance at last spring’s Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League meet, he still could. He’s just not as far along in his […]

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